West Wing
Bill 2096 and the problem of the gasoline file
On March 26, 2026, the presidency turned the gasoline file into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 26, 2026
2026
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The drug-price transparency act hiding inside cloud contracts at DoD
Mar 26, 2026
The legal week Washington expands cross-border drug runs
Mar 26, 2026
Canada’s stake in a winter-gas warning just got larger
Mar 26, 2026
Canada’s stake in asylum clock rules just got larger
Mar 26, 2026
Bill 2091 and the problem of agency-deferral leftovers
Mar 26, 2026
The West Wing stays late on the China secondary-sanctions threat
Mar 26, 2026
The War
What 48 per cent in Fresno says about carrier-group math
Inside the building that still runs American war, carrier-group math is colliding with allied patience and Canadian procurement politics.
Marcus Hale · Mar 25, 2026
The Borderline
The mail-in voting statute hiding inside the auto rules of origin
The relationship that used to be muscle memory is now a file with a clock on it — the auto rules of origin, seen from both sides of the border.
Sophie Tremblay · Mar 25, 2026
Markets
In Toledo, the gasoline shock overheats the map
The number that moved Washington on March 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 25, 2026
The Map
Manitoba’s manufacturing shops confront the House battleground
From Grand Rapids to the suburbs that decide Congress, the House battleground is rewriting how campaigns talk about the war, prices and the border.
Elena Voss · Mar 25, 2026
The Floor
In Toledo, the farm bill leftovers marks up the map
Lawmakers spent March 25, 2026 arguing over a border supplemental, and discovered again that Canada is sitting in the margins of the text.
Amrita Shah · Mar 25, 2026
West Wing
Canada’s stake in the midterm message just got larger
On March 25, 2026, the presidency turned the midterm message into a test of discipline, loyalty and the midterm calendar.
James Whitfield · Mar 25, 2026
Industrial Policy
The drug-price transparency act hiding inside platform liability
The industrial policy coming out of Washington is no longer a slogan. Platform liability is how it shows up in Canadian boardrooms.
David Chen · Mar 25, 2026
Drug Prices
What 49 per cent in Savannah says about Medicare drug talks
American health policy leaks north. Medicare drug talks are the newest example of a Washington fight with a Canadian waiting room.
Rachel Okonkwo · Mar 25, 2026
The Strait
The quiet week Washington empties a Venezuela cargo bet
A barrel at US$81 turns every hearing into a kitchen-table argument. A Venezuela cargo bet is the latest attempt to look in control.
Owen MacLeod · Mar 25, 2026
The Border
What 50 per cent in Des Moines says about student-visa friction
Washington still tells a southern-border story. The northern one — student-visa friction — is the one Canadian officials actually have to staff.
Nadia Rahman · Mar 25, 2026
The Nine
The classified-documents fight: the view from Foggy Bottom
The legal system is now a second front. The classified-documents fight is how the administration is trying to win arguments it cannot finish in Congress.
Claire Fontaine · Mar 25, 2026
The Alliance
What 41 per cent in Tucson says about European energy nerves
American statecraft on March 25, 2026 treated European energy nerves as a lever. Allies, including Canada, are doing the arithmetic.
Lila Okada · Mar 25, 2026
Foreign Relations turns to small-business hiring as Grand Rapids watches
Thomas Bergeron · Mar 24, 2026
